Piled in one room in a Gaza home are rotting bodies - and shell casings marked "IMI," short for "Israel Military Industries."
KHUZAA, Gaza - In a small bathroom on the edge of the Gaza town of Khuzaa there are
the haunting signs of what looks like the summary execution of several Palestinians. This once vibrant village near the border with Israel sits on the edge of the city of Khan Younis, but it is well within the 1.8-mile "buffer zone" that Israel has turned into a no-man's land.
It has been inaccessible for weeks as Israeli bombardment and troops try to take out heavy guerrilla resistance. Now all that's left is rubble, bombed-out buildings and the all-encompassing, sickening smell of death.
The temporary ceasefire announced Thursday night was supposed to give the residents of places like this time to return home, take stock of the damage and collect belongings. But the "72-hour" ceasefire broke down after 90 minutes, and as I walked through the main street, where pieces of humans were visible beneath homes and stores, the constant thud of exploding Israeli shells grew closer and closer.
As I reach the berm of sand, tile and stucco that marked a kind of front line,
bodies are being piled on carts in the street. Near the ruins of a demolished store, the black ammunition vests worn by Palestinian fighters lie in tatters as if hastily stripped off. There are no bodies or weapons nearby.
Suddenly journalists and local residents are shouting from a house on the edge of the front. The small family home is still intact but the stench of rotting flesh that comes from inside is overpowering.
Comment: Some of the EU countries must be making lots of profits by keeping the wars going. Thing is, they are supplying with weapons the very types that won't flinch when the time comes to turn against their 'benefactors'. Look at what they are doing to their compatriots.